"Fragile creatures of a small blue planet, surrounded by light years of silent space."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Years Quotes #Space Quotes #Light Quotes

“We can't always take the most obvious road in life.”
“Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.”
“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
“This book denounces the cultism in chiropractic but supports the appropriate use of spinal manipulation and the research efforts required to solidify its scientific basis. If you are contemplating or receiving chiropractic care, it might help protect both your pocketbook and your health.”
“One of these days, I'm going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take.”
“Gu was a worrier, a neurotic curmudgeon. If he had a headache, it was a brain tumor; if it looked like rain, this year's harvest was ruined. This was his way of controlling the situation, his lifelong strategy for always coming out ahead. Now, when reality looked more dire than any of his fatalisitic predictions, he had no choice but to turn tail and charge in the opposite direction.”
“Of course. I loved it so much it made me want to spit on you!!”
“Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel”

Source : Ivan Turgenev (2013). “Delphi Works of Ivan Turgenev (Illustrated)”, p.765, Delphi Classics

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